Tag: Tax

  • Study exposes major loopholes in Commission’s corporate tax proposals

    A study commissioned by the parliamentary left group in the European Parliament, GUE/NGL, examines the European Commission's proposal of introducing a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) in the EU: ‘Assessing the impact of the C(C)CTB‘

    A study commissioned by the parliamentary left group in the European Parliament, GUE/NGL, examines the European Commission's proposal of introducing a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) in the EU: ‘Assessing the impact of the C(C)CTB: European tax base shifts under a range of policy scenarios’.
  • Video: Tax evasion under scrutiny in EU

    The EU is to attac tax avoidance and tax evasion. Commission suggests a directive that would make lawyers and accountants whistle-blowers when they detect tax avoidance in their customers tax planning.

    The EU is to attac tax avoidance and tax evasion. Commission suggests a directive that would make lawyers and accountants whistle-blowers when they detect tax avoidance in their customers tax planning.
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    PANA meeting on tax evasion, money laundering and tax transparency chaired by Fabio De Masi

    Presentation of the studies “The Impact of Schemes revealed by the Panama Papers on the Economy and Finances of a Sample of Member States” and "Fighting tax crimes – Cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units. Ex-Post Impact Assessment."

    Presentation of the studies “The Impact of Schemes revealed by the Panama Papers on the Economy and Finances of a Sample of Member States” and "Fighting tax crimes – Cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units. Ex-Post Impact Assessment."
  • MEPs in fact-finding trip to US to probe into tax avoidance practices

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    GUE/NGL MEP Matt Carthy is amongst a delegation of nine MEPs visiting Washington DC and the state of Delaware this week as part of a fact-finding mission to the United States by the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA). The MEPs are ...
  • Scandalous LuxLeaks whistleblower verdict upheld

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    LuxLeaks whistleblowers Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet have seen their conviction for theft upheld in today’s appeal court verdict. Deltour received a six month suspended prison sentence and a 1500€ fine and Halet a 1000€. The journalist Edouard Perrin was again acquitted of the charges brought against him by the prosecutor ...
  • Luxembourg court set to reveal verdict in whistleblowers’ trial tomorrow

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    The verdicts on the trial of LuxLeaks whistleblowers and former PwC employees Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet, as well as the journalist Edouard Perrin, are set to be handed down by the appeals court in Luxembourg tomorrow. Perrin, who was acquitted of all charges in June 2016, has had to stand trial again after the prosecution appealed against the original verdict ...
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    Lux Leaks: solidarity with whistle-blowers and journalists

    A videostatement of Fabio De Masi

    Countries in the European Union are losing hundreds of billions of euros each year due to tax dumping and tax avoidance by large multinationals. The whistleblowers Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet, together with the journalist Edouard Perrin, made the scandalous sweetheart deals with these companies public in the LuxLeaks ...
  • Press review: PANA Committee Meeting in Luxembourg

    A press review about the PANA Commitee Meeting in Luxembourg

    Luxemburger Wort, 03.03.2017 "[...] Wagner's colleague from the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of the PANA Committee Fabio De Masi (Die Linke) added: “Luxembourg is not the only tax swamp in the EU, but it is one of the central actors in the web of shell companies. “Luxembourg's government is continuing to block central transparency projects such as the public country-by-country reporting for companies ...
  • Luxembourg mission by MEPs to unearth findings on country’s tax haven situation

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    Members from the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) will be paying a two-day visit to Luxembourg today - in the third of a series of fact-finding missions to investigate practices of tax evasion and money laundering, including breaches of EU law ...
  • GUE/NGL MEPs in Malta to examine tax havens

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    Members from the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) are today in Malta for the second of four fact-finding missions focusing on tax havens. The trip comes against the backdrop of revelations today in the media that Keith Schembri, ...
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